CVE-2019-9278

Publication date 27 September 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

In libexif, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege in the media content provider with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID: A-112537774

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libexif	19.10 eoan	Fixed 0.6.21-5.1ubuntu0.1
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 0.6.21-4ubuntu0.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1 Ubuntu Pro

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libexif	Vendor: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libexif/+/a5e8e5812a11ec9686294de8a5d68aaf2ab72475 Upstream: 75aa732

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4277-1
libexif vulnerabilities
11 February 2020